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JUDE – LESSON TWO


INTRODUCTION:

 Jude continues to characterize the false teachers in verses 11-19.  Through comparisons of historical people and nature, Jude exposes the heart of the ungodly men who are threatening the spiritual health of Jude’s readers.  In this lesson we will learn of their character and their ultimate ruin.  They went . . . they ran . . . they perished; Woe to the false teacher (v. 11).


I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FALSE TEACHERS EXPOSED THROUGH THE USE OF EXAMPLES (v. 11-16)

A. Three examples of individual wickedness culminating in perishing (v. 11):

     1. Went the way of Cain (Gen. 4:1-8).

    2. Ran riotously in the error of Balaam (cf. Num. 22-25, 2 Pet. 2:15, Rev. 2:14).

    3. Perished in the gainsaying of Korah (cf. Num. 16:1-35).

B. Examples from nature (v. 12-13) (cf. 2 Pet. 2:17-18, Prov. 25:14, Isa. 57:20).

C. Ungodly character and consequent judgment forseen by Enoch (v. 14-15)

    (cf. Gen. 5:21-24, Heb. 11:5).

D. The false teachers plainly characterized in heart, in words and deeds (v. 16).


QUESTIONS:


1. The “way of Cain” was:


2. The “error of Balaam” was:


3. The “gainsaying of Korah” was:


4. What were the “love feasts” in the first century?


5. What does verse 12 say about brethren looking beyond “loving” words of people?


6. What was so sad about these so-called “shepherds”?


7. What two points is Jude stressing about the false teachers with the illustration of “clouds”?


8. Was there any hope for good fruit coming from these teachers?


9. How were the false teachers like “waves of the sea”?


10. How were the false teachers like “wandering stars”?

11. Jude obtained the prophecy of Enoch from (a) the Old Testament Scriptures, (b) The Book of Enoch or (c) Inspiration of God.

12. How far removed from Adam was the time of Enoch?

13. How did the prophecy of Enoch relate to the false teachers of Jude’s day?

14. Give the description of the ungodly men of whom we need to be always wary:

 Their attitudes:

 Their deeds:

 Their words:

 Their motives: